Michael Ellis on The Use of Pharmaceuticals for Behavior Issues

In this clip, Michael Ellis gives his thoughts on using psychiatric pharmaceutical drugs on dogs suffering from severe behavior issues relating to separation anxiety, reactivity, OCD, and other similar behavior issues. It is important to note that psychiatric drugs can have adverse side effects, especially with long-term use. The best way to utilize these kinds of drugs for your dog is to use them in conjunction with a training plan to re-condition and modify your dog's behavior.

This clip came from Michael Ellis's new course Leash Reactivity. This course will be coming soon! 

This course is available as a self-study online course. CLICK HERE to add to watchlist!

In the meantime check out some of Michael's other great courses to get you started like, Developing a Relationship with Your Dog or The Power of Training Dogs with Food. You can find these courses here.

When people have specific training questions we recommend that they go to our website and post those questions in the ASK CINDY on the front page of leerburg.com. Cindy has been training dogs since she was a teenager and has competed in several dog sports at a regional and national level. She was also a vet tech and owned a boarding/training and grooming business for many years as well as breeding working Dobermans and Belgian Malinois under the kennel name Kaiserhaus. Questions posted to ASK CINDY are answered almost every day. They are also recorded in our systems if a dog owner has additional questions Cindy will review the previous Q&As and this helps her give better feedback and assistance. Ask Cindy!